SHIP ONTARIO TEA TRADE SPECIAL ORDER LIVERPOOL JUG.
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11.5"tall. c. 1798. Creamware pitcher adorned w/a large eagle, 16 stars and crossed flags transfer on one side. Sailing ship below spout. Rev. w/poem concerning a customs dispute over tea duties that occurred after Ontario's 1797 trip to Canton. Full verse reads "It's Franklin, Robinson and Co. Imported in the Ship Ontario; Twelve hundred Chests of Bohea Tea, The best that e'er was in America. The next thing if you must know, Who could dislike the Ship Ontario [sic]; For every Chest, two Cents and half, Makes Heyer, King and Hodge to laugh. The Ship Ontario from India came, Wish ev'ry day we had one of the same; With the Captain bold as any horned deer, And Hodge the Be***r, in his easy Chair. 121 Now let us drink success unto the Ontario, In spite of Hodge, who is our daily foe; Likewise unto the foreign India Trade, And to these wealthy Merchants it has made." Restoration including some inpainting of text to upper portion resulting in slight discoloration. Only example known to us. Displays Fine. Rex & Patti Stark Collection.
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